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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. English as a second language






2. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






3. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






4. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






5. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






6. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






7. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






8. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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9. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






10. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






11. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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12. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






13. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






14. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






15. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






16. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






17. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






18. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






19. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






20. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






21. Open syllable






22. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






23. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






24. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






25. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






26. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






27. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






28. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






29. State Board of Eduation






30. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






31. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






32. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






33. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






34. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






35. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






36. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






37. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






38. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






39. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






40. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






41. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






42. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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43. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






44. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






45. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






46. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






47. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






48. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






49. Wide Range Achievement Test






50. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)